I came back from TEB yesterday and let me write some comments:
Short Program:
The jumps in the beginning were soo secure and beautiful! I was like "YES!!" when he landed all 3! I saw practice in the morning and it was "shit" as Tomas himself also agreed and the warm-up wasn't great either. So I was a bit worried but the jumping part was really good.
But then aah, the footwork. I think I have an idea what it should be like (because I saw in Oberstdorf) and this wasn't it.
I don't like the music of Zorba exactly for the reason that when the skater cannot keep up or is too slow, it gets kind of shit. Well, exhibit A was here. It was like he double checked every step he did lol!
However I know he can do it much better and it's only the beginning of the season, so I'm not worried. After some practice and when the steps get more automatik to him I suppose it'd be fine.
Anyway, the jumps were clean and 81 points, who am I to fucking complain!?!?!?
loved also to sit in the "Czech VIP corner" -> a whole bunch of people with a lot of Czech flags and everything.
photos-a.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs248.snc1/9528_159971413790_503233790_2901611_2451784_n.jpgLong Program:
yeah I love the costume for it.
It's very nice, very godfather though one could debate the gloves.
the first quad combo was like oooooh my god! perfekt, I would say. If Plushenko gets a +3 at some Russian cup, then I'd give this a +4!
triple axels were also great. Too bad he lost concentration before the lutz and loop, but well, beginning of the season people! (can you believe, he was thinking about transitions he missed before the lutz?
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Other than that there were some other things where I know it can be better, and I prolly saw more little mistakes than most of you but...that can be tweaked. Overall a very reasonable performance of Tomas and I think he can be (and is) very satisfied with the result. There is still pleeenty of time to work on things, from what I heard I think he is on the right track.
Some people might question the big difference between Oda and Tomas, but I was in the arena and I wouldn't say so. Oda was ON FIRE! I gave him a standing ovation and truly enjoyed him, eventhough my heartrate was already the speed of a mouse etc. because I was nervous for Tomas. Oda has a beautiful style of skating and the jumps were great, so I wasn't at all surprised.
loved the medal ceremony, it was funny
Exhibition:
Michael Jackson, what can I say, it's always enjoyable.
I would have liked to see the new exhibition, but he said he didn't have a costume for it yet, so he didn't skate it in Paris yet.
I was very happy to even see the gala, because initially I didn't even have tickets, but in the end I got them anyway.
Overall:
I had such a good time in Paris! On friday a lot of schoolkids came to practice, so we just grabbed a kid by the hand and sneaked in. The face of the sekurity guy when we went back out afterwards was priceless. "where is your accreditation??" "we don't have..." "what???but it's IMPOSSIBLE you were inside!!" or something along these lines LOL!
But I was happy to see practice and to do my job and hang all the banners. It's always a lot of work and I have to fight a lot with sekurity but my mission was completed.
Tomas had more banners than anyone else.
(and that also did not go unnoticed by him as well, he also counts the banners like me LOL! They make him feel like home he said
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Saturday evening Tomas came back to the hotel very happy and we congratulated him. Yuko had this fun hat and flower hawai thing for around his neck and he actually put it on and some ppl now have pics with him looking like that pml. He said that ppl now will think he's on drugs. I said that most people know he's a bit crazy on which he commented that yeah but not all people!
I actually had time to sightsee this time
I saw the eiffeltower, the Arc de triumph or something and the Notre dam. I think it's quite a lot, usually I never really do sightseeing LOL!
I think that's all I have to say for now
ETA: did you know that even other skaters start to call him sunshine now?
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